APPENDIX TO REPORT OF

A—No. 6. copy of a DESPATCH from governor gore browne. c.b., to the right hon. LORD STANLEY, M.P. No. 70. Miscellaneous. Government House, Auckland, New Zealand, 19th August, 1858. My Lorj>, I have the honour to forward for your Lordship's information the latest account*, which have reached me relative to the so-called Kingdom established in certain Native districts, together with a report on the subject from the Native Secretary. 2. These accounts are far from satisfactory, but I trust that time and absolute indifference and neglect on the part of the Government will teach the Natives the folly of proceedings undertaken only at the promptings of vanity, and instigated by disaffected advisers. 3. In the entire absence of naval protection, and the expected reduction of the military force, no other course is open to me, eyen should my anticipations prove incorrect. I have, &g., The Right Honorable T. Gore Browne. Lord Stanley, M.P,, &c., &c.. &c.

Appendix A. Governor's Despatch, 19 August, 1858.

Native Chief Rangiawhia to W. Kingi, New Plymouth, 21st June, 1858. Rev. C. H. Schnackenberg, Kawhia, 21st July. , Report—D. McLean, 14th August,

A—No. 7. COPY OF A DESPATCH VROM governor GORE BROWNE, C.8., to the right honourable BIR E. BULWER LYTTON, BART. No. 7. Miscellaneous. Government House, Auckland, New Zealand, 25th January, 1859. Sir, — In order to keep you acquainted with the course of events among the Native Race in this Colony, I have the honour to forward two documents (noted in the margin), showing that attempts have been made by Natives at Kawhia to levy contributions from Europeans in the name of the Maori King, and that serious disturbances have broken out among themselves at Wangauui. I regret also to state that I am about to withdraw the European Magistrate from the Bay of Plenty, on the East Coast, owing to the disaffection evinced by the Natives in that district. Although these reports are far from satisfactory, as showing the unsettled state of certain districts, I apprehend no serious consequences, and trust that time and the supreme indifference manifested towards the restless agitators who foment these troubles, will produce the desired effect. The condition of the North of the Island, which was formerly the most hostile to Her Majesty's Government, is now most satisfactory, and I trust that ere long I shall be able to inform you that the several Native Bills passed during the last Session of the Assembly have been successfully introduced into that part of New Zealand. I purpose visiting Wanganui and the Southern districts of this Island in the course of next month. I have, &c, The Right Honourable (Signed) T. Gore Browne. Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, Bart.

Governor's Despatch, 25 Jan., 1859. No. 1. Native to Governor, Kawhia, 16th October, 1858.

No. 2. Resident Magistrate, Whaingaroa, Bth January, 1859.

_ — — f ' Faiclosure in No. 7. Kawhia, Oketopa 16, 1858. E pa c Kawana, Tena ra koe i roto i te atawhai o te Atua i tiakina ai tatou katoa ; heoi aku kupu mihi atu ki a koe, whakarongo mai he kupu ano tenei. Kia rongo koe, ko nga Pakeha c noho noa ana i runga i te pihi a te Kingi, kua tangohia c au te hawhe o nga taonga, he hawhe ki nga Pakeha, he hawhe kite Kingi : kite kore te Pakeha c hawhe i ona taonga ka whakahokia atu ki runga i te pihi a Kuini. Heoi tena kupu, he kupu ano tenei: Ka tokorua wahine Maori o Kawhia ka mate i te waipiro ; c Pa, he kai kino tenei, he kai whakamate tangata: c hoa weheia nga utu o nga rama c hoea ana mai i runga i te kaipuke, hawhe kia Kuini hawhe kite Kingi. Xi te kore c hawhe, ePa ka tangohia c matou ka whakahokia kite Kawanatanga. Ka pouri koe tuhi mai, ka marama tuhi mai. Heoi ano. Na to hoa aroha, Na Te Tapihana, Kia Te Kawana, Akarana. Kai whakaako o Kawhia,

Tapihana's Letter, 16 Oct,, 1858.

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